Music Interview: Zappa On Zappa Dweezil Discusses Frank's Compositions, Being Nonpolitical And Japanese Toys From The ’70S During a career that spanned more than three decades, exhalted composer, guitarist, visual artist, film director and general avant garde visionary Frank Zappa [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More Zappa plays Zappa
A Hawk & A Hacksaw, Death Convention Singers Score Film A Hawk & A Hacksaw And Death Convention Singers Score At Guild Cinema A long time ago, in the nascent days of cinema, prerecorded sound was absent from the moving image, so silence was negotiated with [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 12, 2009 Read More A Hawk & A Hacksaw play a song about Heather’s new bike.
Music Playlist: Song Roulette Song Roulette is a new column wherein a person is asked to put his or her music library on shuffle, share the first [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 12, 2009 Read More
Punky Cinema Quiz: Match The Movies To The Musicians That Appeared In Them Film Guide Special! Match The Movies To The Musicians That Appeared In Them It’s a known law of the universe that the actors-turned-rockers will nearly always be met with disrespect (Kevin Bacon, Keanu Reeves), whereas filmic [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 05, 2009 Read More
Vintage Halloween Disguises A Gayly Costumed And Illustrated Blog Halloween costumes and decorations of yesteryear have been my infatuation this October, so this Saturday’s costume (I’m Medusa tonight) will hopefully reflect the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 05, 2009 Read More A pack of tiny clowns.
Music Interview: “Holy Metal,” A Lord-Lovin’ Chat With Stryper Stryper’s Still Rockin’ The Gospel Since 1983, Stryper has shone the light of Jesus on a style of music typically associated with the dark, debauched side of life. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 05, 2009 Read More Oz Fox (far left) and Stryper continue to exact the yellow-and-black attack.
City Of Thrift I’ve yet to come across a vintage Chanel bag, insanely cheap mid-century modern Danish furniture or a Picasso at an Albuquerque thrift store, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Oct 29, 2009 Read More Bargain Box, located on Lomas and San Mateo. Hot Tip: The Assistance League ladies will be opening a special X-mas thrift store on November 6.
The Boys Next Door Wednesday It’s a nice, rainy day to contemplate suicide with a very young Nick Cave. See him here in his pre- Nick Cave and [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Oct 22, 2009 Read More
Dj Spooky On Antarctica, Economics And Sound Art Composer, writer, turntablist and conceptual artist Paul D. Miller, otherwise known as DJ Spooky, traveled to Antarctica with a studio in tow. There [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Oct 22, 2009 Read More DJ Spooky likes it nippy.
The Fifth-Annual Hot Singles Thin Line! If Your Date Were A New Mexican Dish ... He/she would be what and why?Wait, wait, don’t tell me. Something hot and spicy—green chile chicken enchiladas, perhaps, or, in far fewer cases, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Oct 15, 2009 Read More